CHICAGO – The College of Chicago Division of Athletics and Recreation introduced the hiring of Darin Yrigoyen as its Director of Athletic Communications on Tuesday afternoon.
Yrigoyen, in his seventh yr within the Athletic Communications realm, arrives in Hyde Park after serving because the Sports activities Info Director at Dominican College in River Forest, Sick. He additionally serves because the Director of Communications for the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball Convention.
His position with the Maroons might be main the Division’s digital media efforts together with helping in a Sports activities Info capability.
The Langhorne, Pa., native has made stops on the Ivy League, Kutztown College, Lynn College and the Higher Midwest Athletic Convention, bringing quite a lot of expertise to the UChicago Athletic Division. Moreover, he has held roles with the Nationwide Wrestling Coaches Affiliation (NWCA) and the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship, serving as Media Liaison.
A graduate of Loras School in Dubuque, Iowa, Yrigoyen was a two-year member of the Duhawk males’s volleyball program earlier than transitioning to a lead pupil assistant position inside the Athletic Communications Division. He went on to get his grasp’s diploma in Enterprise Administration from Kutztown College in Kutztown, Pa., the place he additionally stuffed the position of Graduate Assistant.
Yrigoyen resides in Chicago along with his French Bulldog, Kane, and is an avid Philadelphia sports activities fan and supporter of the EPL’s Tottenham Hotspur.
